Paper 9 NHS Ayrshire & Arran Meeting: Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board Meeting date: Monday 30 March 2020 Title: South Ayrshire Children’s Services Plan 2020/2023 Responsible Director: Tim Eltringham, Director of Health and Social Care South Ayrshire Report Author: Danielle Rae, Strategy, Policy and Planning Officer – South Ayrshire 1. Purpose This is presented to the Board for: • Decision This paper relates to: • Legal requirement This aligns to the following NHS Scotland quality ambition(s): • Person Centred 2. Report summary 2.1 Situation The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 introduced new duties on a range of public bodies on planning and reporting. Part 3 of the Act requires that a Children’s Services Plan be prepared jointly by local authorities and health boards. In line with this Act the South Ayrshire Children’s Services Plan was prepared for a three year period from 1 April 2017. A new Children’s Services Plan has been prepared for the three year period from 1 April 2020 and requires the Board’s approval. 2.2 Background Taking account of the South Ayrshire Youth Forum views and following consideration by the Children’s Services Planning Group, the undernoted priorities were drafted. Wider consultation was launched on 18 February 2020 and by 5 March 2020, there were 184 responses. The consultation was circulated to all partnership agencies involved in delivering services for children and young people with each agency asked to circulate the consultation. The consultation was available on the Council website and closed on 6 March. 1 of 4 2.3 Assessment The Plan sets out the priorities for the next three years to ensure children and young people in South Ayrshire are safe, healthy, achieving, nurtured, active, respected, responsible and included. The five priorities within the South Ayrshire Children’s Services Plan are: • Outstanding Universal Provision: Ensure South Ayrshire’s children get the best start in life, it is the best place to grow up, and all children and young people are successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors; • Tackling Inequalities: Reduce the gap in outcomes between the most deprived and least deprived children and young people in South Ayrshire; • Love and Support for our Care Experienced Young People and Young Carers: Ensure young people and children who are care experienced or young carers are loved and supported to improve their life experiences and life chances; • Good Physical and Mental Health and Wellbeing: Ensure young people and children are supported to achieve and maintain good emotional and physical wellbeing; and • Promoting Children’s Rights: Work to ensure we are delivering on the provisions of the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as incorporated into Scots Law. Actions have been identified to support the delivery of each strategic priority. The Plan acknowledges the progress that has already been made and identifies further improvements that are required. The resources of Community Planning Partners which are required to achieve the strategic priorities of the Plan have been identified. A performance framework has also been developed to allow progress to be monitored. Co-ordination, management and monitoring of the Children’s Services Plan is undertaken by a range of partners through the Children’s Services Planning Group. The Act also places a duty on the local authority and relevant health board to publish an annual report on the extent to which children’s services and related services have, in that period, been working towards improving local priorities for children and young people. 2.3.1 Quality/patient care The Children’s Services Plan 2020/2023 identifies improvements in the quality care for children and young people across South Ayrshire from all services. 2.3.2 Workforce There are no workforce implications. 2.3.3 Financial There are no financial implications. 2.3.4 Risk assessment/management A risk assessment has not been carried out at this stage. 2 of 4 2.3.5 Equality and diversity, including health inequalities An Equalities Impact Assessment has been completed and is attached. 2.3.6 Other impacts • Best value - Vision and Leadership The vision of the Children’s Services Plan is ‘closing the gap and achieving potential.’ - Effective Partnerships Partnership working across Community Planning Partners is critical to make progress on the priorities identified in the Plan. - Governance and accountability The Plan is monitored and governed by the Children’s Services Planning Group which, in turn, is accountable to the Community Planning Board. Partners also adhere to their own organisations governance arrangements. - Use of resources The Children’s Services Planning Group is comprised of members from a number of Community Planning Partners who utilise their own resources to deliver services in their own services and will, at times, deliver services in partnership. - Performance management Performance of the Plan is monitored through Pentana on a regular basis. • Compliance with Corporate Objectives The Plan supports the following Corporate Objectives: o deliver transformational change in the provision of health and social care through dramatic improvement and use of innovative approaches o protect and improve the health and wellbeing of the population and reduce inequalities; o create compassionate partnerships between patients, their families and those delivering health and care services which respect individual needs and values; and result in the people using our services having a positive experience of care to get the outcome they expect; o attract, develop, support and retain skilled, committed, adaptable and healthy staff and ensure our workforce is affordable and sustainable; and o deliver better value through efficient and effective use of all resources. • Local outcomes improvement plans, community planning etc Partnership working within the content of the CPP is at the heart of the Plan. Supporting care experienced children and young carers are identified as a LOIP priority and are a priority of the Children’s Services Plan. 2.3.7 Communication, involvement, engagement and consultation The Board has carried out its duties to involve and engage external stakeholders where appropriate: The Children’s Services Plan 2020/2023 was presented to the Children’s Services Planning Group on 28 February 2020. The Plan is being presented to Leadership Panel on 17 March and Community Planning Board on 23 March prior to submission to Scottish Government in April 2020. 3 of 4 2.3.8 Route to the meeting This has been previously considered by the following groups as part of its development. The groups have either supported the content, or their feedback has informed the development of the content presented in this report. The Children’s Services Plan 2020/2023 was presented to the Children’s Services Planning Group on 28 February 2020. 2.4 Recommendation Members are asked to approve South Ayrshire’s Children’s Services Plan 2020/2023. 3. List of appendices (where required) The following appendices are included with this report: • South Ayrshire’s Children’s Services Plan 2020/2023 • Equality Impact Assessment – South Ayrshire’s Children’s Services Plan 2020/2023 4 of 4 CHILDREN’S SERVICES PLAN 2020/23 Contents Introduction . 3 South Ayrshire Children’s Services Plan. 4 Local Context . 5 Key Facts . 6 Strategic Needs Analysis . 7 What Young People Told Us . 10 Our priorities for South Ayrshire’s children and young people . 11 Getting it Right for Every Child and Family in South Ayrshire . .14 Children’s Service Performance Framework . 29 2 South Ayrshire Children’s Services Plan 2020-23 Introduction Across the South Ayrshire area we spend a lot young people whose family might not have a of money on trying to make sure our children lot of money do as well in education as any and young people get the best possible start other child or young person. We need schools in life. We want this to be one of the best to be places where the only thing that matters places in Scotland to grow up. This plan is our is how hard you are prepared to work. This way of trying to make sure all of the different plan recognises the importance of children and people who work with our children and young young people achieving and maintaining good people do that in a way that is joined up. Our physical and mental health and wellbeing. plan isn’t only about the big organisations like the Council, the NHS and the police, it is also This plan builds on the work we have about the work of our partners in voluntary done between 2017 and 2020. These are organisations. We can all make a difference for complicated things to change and this will children and young people and we can make a take time but we are all committed to doing bigger difference by working together. everything we can to try to improve the life chances of all our children and young people. Not all children and young people need the We want all our children and young people to same kind of support. There will be times in a achieve their potential and this plan sets out young person’s life where they might need a lot how we intend to make sure that happens of help but some children may have all the help between 2020 and 2023. they need in their family. Support for families and parents can be an important element of giving children the best start in life. We want to be here for those who need us most. We also want to make sure we get involved at the earliest possible point to make sure we stop Douglas Hutchison things happening or stop them getting worse Chair, Children’s Service for some children and young people.